The myth of silent cortex and the morbidity of epileptogenic tissue: Implications for temporal lobectomy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-389

  Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 27744573065     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.07.020     Document Type: Review

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